...Quotables @ Bookshelf ...

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 02:25 PM

“9/11 forced us to build another identity, to look deep and say who are we and what do we believe and is killing in the name of Islam part of that religion?

No. No. No.”

― Ruth Ahmed, When Ali Met Honour

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 02:34 PM

“Muka bumi ini semuanya dihamparkan oleh Allah sebagai masjid.”

― Habiburrahman El-Shirazy, Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 02:34 PM

“Hanya mereka yang bisa menjiwai mental para pahlawannya yang akan meraih prestasi-prestasi gemilang.”

― Habiburrahman El-Shirazy, Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 02:45 PM

“[T]here [is] no limit to what might not be achieved by an alliance between an imperial monarchy and revelations, if truly believed to be heaven-sent, of a prophet.”

― Tom Holland, In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 02:49 PM

“It’s never easy to stand when the storm hits. And that’s exactly the point. By sending the wind, He brings us to our knees: the perfect position to pray.”

― Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 02:50 PM

“No idea is above scrutiny and no people are beneath dignity.”

― Maajid Nawaz, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

seribulan · Post time 25-1-2017 03:16 PM

ratubliss replied at 25-1-2017 11:37 AM
“Manusia ini kuat, tapi nafsu mampu menundukkannya.

Nafsu itu kuat, tapi iman mampu menundukkann ...

Deep

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ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:22 PM

“Prayer will carry you to Judgment Day; it is your nourishment and your protection. In prayer you are closest to God. It is then that you develop your own personal relationship with God.”

― Kristiane Backer, From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:23 PM

“God does not expect of us what we cannot do, but He does expect what we can do.”

― Kristiane Backer, From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:23 PM

“Among the lessons I learned on Hajj was that I needed to be mindful and keep the inner connection with God at all times and that self-improvement is definitely a never-ending struggle.”

― Kristiane Backer, From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:24 PM

“You may have lost someone, but you’ve found something immeasurably more valuable: God,’ she told me. ‘And God’s love lasts forever.”

― Kristiane Backer, From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:24 PM

“Nothing happens without God’s will, and life doesn’t always go according to plan. Man proposes, God disposes. And it is God’s will that we need to surrender to. In retrospect it usually all makes sense.”

― Kristiane Backer, From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:25 PM

“Religion is like an art gallery. One painting will speak to you more than another, and there's no need to explain or defend your taste.”

― Michael Muhammad Knight, Journey to the End of Islam

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:26 PM

“Semua orang diuji. Lain orang, lain tahap imannya, lain tahap sabarnya, jadi lainlah tahap ujian yang ditempuhinya. Semua itu menuntut kita bersabar. Semua itu menuntut kita bersabar. Ertinya Allah masih sayang pada kita,”

― Badrul Hisham Shari, Hai Darling!

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:28 PM

“I can very well understand your frustration, but you must stick to your dreams. Try Harder!”

― K. Hari Kumar, When Strangers meet..

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:30 PM

“Mekanisme syukur itulah yang membuat orang akan semakin dimudahkan.”

― Prie GS, Mendadak Haji

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:31 PM

“Tentang kopi kesukaanmu, cappucino, kopi itu bukan dari Italia. Aslinya berasal dari biji-biji kopi Turki yang tertinggal di medan perang di Kahlenberg. Hanya sebuah info pengetahuan kecil-kecilan. Assalamu’alaikum” — Fatma, 99 Cahaya di Langit Eropa hal. 50”

― Hanum Salsabiela Rais, 99 Cahaya di Langit Eropa: Perjalanan Menapak Jejak Islam di Eropa

ratubliss · Post time 25-1-2017 05:31 PM

“The enduring life is the one that begins once we awaken from this world. And it is in that awakening that we realize… It was only a dream”

― Yasmin Mogahed, Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles